- 95% CI
95% confidence interval
- AJCC
American Joint Committee on Cancer
- BD-IPMN
branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia
- CER
comparative effectiveness review
- CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database
- CKD
chronic kidney disease
- cm
centimeter
- CT
computed tomography
- EPC
Evidence-based Practice Center
- ERCP
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- EUS
endoscopic ultrasound
- EUS-FNA
endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration
- FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FDG
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
- GBCA
gadolinium-based contrast agent
- HRI
high-risk individual
- IPMN
intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia
- IV
intravenous
- kg
kilogram
- KQ
Key Question
- M stage
metastases stage
- MDCT
multidetector computed tomography
- MD-IPMN
main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia
- MHz
megahertz
- mg
milligram
- mL
milliliter
- mm
millimeter
- mm Hg
millimeters of mercury
- MRCP
magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
- MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
- N
number
- N stage
nodal stage
- NA
not applicable
- NR
not reported
- NS
not significant
- NSF
nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
- p
probability value
- PanIN
pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia
- PET
positron emission tomography
- PET/CT
positron emission tomography–computed tomography
- QUADAS
quality assessment tool for diagnostic accuracy studies
- SD
standard deviation
- SEER
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (National Cancer Institute)
- SMA
superior mesenteric artery
- SMV
superior mesenteric vein
- T stage
tumor stage
- T
Tesla
Publication Details
Copyright
Publisher
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), Rockville (MD)
NLM Citation
Treadwell J, Mitchell M, Eatmon K, et al. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2014 Sep. (Comparative Effectiveness Review, No. 141.) Abbreviations and Acronyms.